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The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West By: C. F. Argyll Saxby |
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THE FIERY TOTEM A TALE OF ADVENTURE IN THE
CANADIAN NORTH WEST BY
ARGYLL SAXBY, M.A., F.R.G.S. AUTHOR OF
"BRAVES, WHITE AND RED" "COMRADES THREE!"
"TANGLED TRAILS" ETC. ETC. SECOND IMPRESSION LONDON
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
4 BOUVERIE STREET AND 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. A PERILOUS PASSAGE 5 II. DEER STALKING 14 III. THE LONELY CAMP 22 IV. FRIENDS OR FOES? 33 V. LOST IN THE FOREST 41 VI. THE MEDICINE MAN 53 VII. THE FRIEND IN NEED 67 VIII. NIGHT IN THE WIGWAM 83 IX. THE TEMPTATION 96 X. A DEATH TRAP 104 XI. TO THE RESCUE! 115 XII. CRAFTY TACTICS 130 XIII. THE PRICE OF A ROBE 142 XIV. THE BATTLE OF WITS 151 XV. OFF! 165 XVI. A NIGHT'S TERROR 172 XVII. THE FATE OF RED FOX 181 XVIII. HOT ON THE TRAIL 191 XIX. THUNDER MAKER'S DOWNFALL 205 XX. THE FIERY TOTEM 217
THE FIERY TOTEM
CHAPTER I A PERILOUS PASSAGE
"Well, good bye, boys! You won't go far from camp before we return, will
you?" The speaker was one of two men seated in an Indian canoe. He
gripped the forward paddle, while his companion at the stern added
cheerfully "The backwoods is not the City of London. There are no policemen to
appeal to if you lose your way. Besides, we hope to find dinner waiting
for our return. Hunting lost sons is not the same sport as hunting
moose." Both the boys laughed at the elder man's remark, and one Bob Arnold by
name answered "Don't worry about us, father. Alf and I can take care of ourselves for
half a day. Can't we, Alf?" "Rather," the younger chum replied. "It's our respected parents who'll
need to take care of themselves in unknown waters in that cockleshell."
Then he called out merrily, imitating the tone of the first speaker his
father: "Take care of yourselves, dads! Remember the Athabasca River is
not Regent Street!" "Cheeky youngster!" returned the elder man banteringly, as he struck the
forward paddle into the water. "There's not much of the invalid left
about you after three months' camping." Then with waving hands and pleasant chaffing, that showed what real good
chums the quartette were, the men struck out for the centre of the
river, leaving their sons watching from the strand before the camp that
was pitched beneath the shadow of the great pine trees. It was a glorious morning just the right sort for a hunting expedition.
The air was just chilly enough to render paddling a welcome exercise,
and just warm enough to allow intervals of pleasant drifting in the
centre of the current when there were no shoals or driftwood to be
avoided. "Yes," remarked Holden, the younger of the two men, as the rhythm of the
dripping paddles murmured pleasantly with Nature's music heard from
leafy bough and bush; "yes, Alf's a different boy now. Who would have
believed that these three short months would have changed a fever wasted
body into such a sturdy frame?" "It looks like a miracle," returned the other man. "It was a great idea,
that of a six months' trapping in the backwoods. When we get back to
England we'll all four look as healthy as savages. My Bob is the colour
of a redskin." "It was a great blessing that you were able to bring him. It wouldn't
have been half as enjoyable for Alf, not having a chum." The elder man laughed softly as he turned a look of good comradeship
towards his companion. "That's just as it ought to be, Holden," he said. "You and I were chums
at school, chums at college, and now chums in business... Continue reading book >>
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